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May 29th, 2009

US Urged to Relax Cuba Policy to Boost Regional Relations Europe Objects Anew to Detainees
Size Matters for North Korea's Nukes Pipelineistan Goes Iran-Pak

May 28th, 2009

Iraqi Victims Recall US Abuse Autonomy Is the Solution for Tibet, Dalai Lama Says
GAO Faults Tracking of Gifts to Military Allotting of Iraqi Oil Rights May Stoke Hostility
Obama Calls for Swift Move Toward Mideast Peace Talks Misery Hangs Over Gaza Despite Pledges of Help
Pentagon Plans New Arm to Wage Wars in Cyberspace US Won't Be Upset if Israel Strikes Iran, Senator Assures
Bombings Continue as Pakistani Militants Threaten Wider War Gen. Casey: US Ready to Fight War Against North Korea
British Commander Warns Surge Will Lead to Jump in Afghan Violence The Big Question: What Are Israeli Settlements, and Why Are They Coming Under Pressure?
New Survey of Arctic's Mineral Riches Could Stoke International Strife German Government Charges Ex-Hostage Helicopter Rescue Fee for Colombian Trip
Israel Dismisses US Demand on Settlements Photographs Show Destruction and Despair of Sri Lanka's No-Fire Zone
At Least 30 Killed in Mosque Bombing in Iranian Balochistan The 20 Most Powerful People in Iran
Residents Seethe as Pakistan Army Destroys Homes Pakistan: Afghan Among Six Taliban Held in Landikotal
Pakistan: Rawalpindi Police Told Not to Hold Open Courts Pakistan: Five Killed in Quetta Gunfire
Sri Lanka Denies Pakistani Pilots Flew Its Planes Pakistani Militant Groups Uniting
Myanmar Foreign Minister Says Suu Kyi Trial 'Not Political' Sri Lanka Says UN Rights Vote Vindicates War Victory
Scots Mother Tells of Relief After 'Tartan Taleban' Freed From Pakistan Jail US Slams British Press Over Report of Abuse Photos
Pakistan: Taliban Leader, Former FATA MNA Arrested Swat Taliban Pay Mercenaries to Kill Pakistan Policemen
Darfur Rebels Say Plan to Release 60 Govt Troops Sudan Regains Control of Key Chad-Border Town: Army
Tribal Clashes in Sudan Region Kill 244: Minister China to Crack Down on Internet Bars: State Media
Lebanon Charges Four More Spy Suspects Obama Meets Abbas, Presses Israel on Settlements
Bill Clinton's Defense Secretary Urges Military Options Against North Korea Gates: No Reason to Build Up US Troops in Korea
Mingora: Ghost Town of Pakistan's Swat Swat Taliban Chief Fazlullah Killed in Pakistan?
US, South Korea Militaries Gird for North Korean Provocation Obama, Abbas Tout Two-State Solution
UN Chief Denies Charge of Bowing to 'Russian Blackmail' Army Chief: US Able to Fight North Korea if Necessary
Up to 35 Insurgents Killed in Afghanistan: Officials Britons Increasingly Euroskeptic: Poll
Iraq Faces the Mother of All Corruption Scandals Split Among Captors Hits Hope of Freedom for British Hostages in Iraq
Israelis Get Four Times More Water Than Palestinians, Says World Bank Report UK MoD Admits Use of Controversial 'Enhanced Blast' Weapons in Afghanistan
US Troop Surge in Afghanistan Escalates War With Taliban UK in Afghanistan: Seeking Hearts and Minds With the 'Viceroy of Helmandshire'
US Troop Surge in Afghanistan 'Will Lead to Spike in Conflict' South Koreans Are Now Almost Blasé About Nuclear Blasts and Missiles
China Cuts Off Dissent Ahead of Tiananmen Anniversary Residents Seethe as Pakistan Army Destroys Homes
Former US Top Defense Official Suggests Military Options Against Pyongyang Suicide Blast at Mosque in Iran's Zahedan Kills 30, Wounds 60
Landmines Kill Driver, Schoolboy in Pakistan India Air Force Had Option of Deep Strike Inside Pakistan Soon After Mumbai Attacks
Pakistan Forces to Secure Mingora Within Three Days How a Jilted Karachi Woman Saved Pakistan's Nuke Program From Sabotage
Lebanese Colonel Confesses to Spying for Mossad Since 1997 Rabbis Call on Soldiers to Disobey IDF Orders to Dismantle Settlements
Sen. Lautenberg: 'US Won't Be Upset if Israel Strikes Iran' Assad Welcomes Obama Policy of Dialogue
North Korea Threatens Retaliation if Ships Inspected Israeli Arab Committee Slams 'Racist, Fascist' Bills
FBI Planning a Bigger Role in Terrorism Fight Britain Appeals for Release of Hostages in Iraq
Iraq Prison Photos Show Rape by US Troops: Report No More Gestures to Saudis: Iraq's Maliki
US Rejects Newspaper Report That Iraq Prison Photos Show Rape Israel on Edge as US Presses to Halt Settlements
Several Policemen Beaten by Opposition in Georgia Two Yemeni Fishermen Killed in Landmine Explosion, Possibly From Anti-Piracy Operation
Amnesty: Recession Leading to Repression Hezbollah Tries to Keep Aid Flowing to Lebanon
UN Expert: US Failing to Properly Probe War Crimes Justice Dept. Asks Judges to Block Abuse Photos
Statement of Ex-Soldier Steven Dale Green Relatives of Slain Iraqis Confront Killer in Court
End Georgia Deadlock by Vote or Talks, Demands Orthodox Church Pakistan Seeks English Version of Mumbai Evidence
Pakistan Rejects Indian Pre-Conditions for Re-Launching Dialogue Amnesty Raps Medvedev on Russia Rights Violations
Obama Visit: Abbas Brings Palestinian Cause, but Not Support, to Washington Chinese Grow Vexed by Pyongyang's Acts
Prosecutor in Anthrax, Blackwater Cases Quits for Private Sector Hamas Condemns US Charity Members' Prison Terms
US Journalist Says She Falsely Confessed to Spying in Iran 34 Insurgents Killed in Eastern Afghanistan
Suit Claims Alabama Coal Firm Funded Colombian Terror Explosion in Mosque Kills 15, Wounds 50 in Southeast Iran Near Pakistan
US Geo Survey: Natural Gas in the Arctic Is Mostly Russian Jaruzelski: I Agonized for Months Over Martial Law for Poland
CIA Deputy Chief in Yemen for Talks on al-Qaeda, Gitmo Thursday in Iraq: 2 Iraqis Killed, 4 Wounded
Sri Lanka Avoids War Crimes Probe, Slams West Six Turkish Troops Killed in Landmine Blast
Inside the Kurdish Party for the Free Life Tamil Tiger Chief's Parents Found
Blasts in Northwest Pakistan Kill 8, Including Children Ahmadinejad Says No Compromise With West, Defends Holocaust Remarks
Australian Diggers Claim Another Top Taliban Scalp Local Official Killed South of Baghdad
Sri Lanka: DNA Test Confirms Rebel Leader's Death 2 Killed in Army Helicopter Crash in Hawaii
Once-Safe Veterans Programs Face Cuts Iraq-Saudi Relations Hit New Low
Iraq Needs 4 Billion Dollars a Year to Keep Lights On FBI Infiltrates Iowa City Protest Group
Iraqi Woman Has to Be Restrained From Ex-Soldier in Court Ex-Soldier Apologizes to Relatives of Slain Iraqis
Pakistani Extremists Attack Marketplaces, Warn of All-Out Assaults Pakistan: We Will Counter India's AWACS With 500 US Missiles
Briton Held in Pakistan Set Free: Family, Officials US to Involve Canada in Assessing Terror Risks
Canadians in Afghanistan After 2011 May Rely on US Protection Obama Aide: Too Soon to Say if Afghan Plan Working
Taliban Wages War on Pakistani Police 4 Security Guards of De-Mining Agency Killed in Western Afghanistan
Pentagon Staffer, Airman Die in Afghan Bombing Two British Soldiers Die After Afghan Blasts
Abtahi: Iran's Reformists to Launch Strong Challenge to Incumbent President Russia Sees Six-Party Talks Sole Way to Settle North Korea Nuke Issue
Several Militants Killed in South Russia AU, UN Support Proposed Sanctions on Eritrea for Somalia Conflict
Nigeria Urged Youths in Troubled Niger Delta to Dialogue Nigerian Troops Destroy Another Militant Camp in Delta Operation
Nigerian Police on Red Alert Over Terrorists Attack Hamas Vows to Avenge Killing of Militant in West Bank
Hamas Rejects Forcible Solution to Palestinian Schism Myanmar Hits Back at Critics of Suu Kyi Trial
Trial of Myanmar Opposition Leader Nears End Two Australian Men Charged Over 'Acid Attack' on Sri Lankan Students
Israeli Forces Storm Jenin, Neighboring Town Iran Says It Boosts Uranium Enrichment Capability
Pakistan: 11 Killed in Suicide Attack, Market Blasts Chavez Admits Some Fault in Venezuela's Troubled Economy
Terrorists Threaten 'Northern Route' to Afghanistan? Not Yet Amnesty Calls Obama's Anti-Terror Record 'Mixed'
US-China Talks on Darfur 'Very Positive' Israel Rejects US Call Over Settlement Work
Amnesty Blames Israel for Collapse of Cease-Fire Delegation of US Lawmakers Arrives in Syria
Amnesty: Israel Repeatedly Breached Rules of War in Gaza Netanyahu Letting Settlers Keep the Upper Hand
Israeli Commandos Kill Senior Hamas Militant Near Hebron Canadian Judge: Spy Agency Witnesses May Have Misled Harkat Trial
Turkish Jets Strike Rebel Targets in Northern Iraq Middle-Class Pakistanis Awaken to Taliban Threat
Taliban Killing Afghan Students, Burning Schools Euro Force, NATO Overlap
Myanmar: Last Witness Speaks at Suu Kyi Trial South Korea, US Troops on Alert After North's Threats
Abbas Pushing Pan-Arab Peace With Israel During Obama Meeting Following Attack, Pakistan Offers Rewards for Swat Taliban Leaders
Bombs in Pakistan's Peshawar Kill Five Brazil Detained, Released Arab Who Ran Anti-American Web Site
Kremlin Considers a Tougher Stance on North Korea After Surprise Nuclear Test Backers of Jewish Settlements Step Up Pressure on Netanyahu Over Demolition Plan
Nuclear Aims by Pakistan, India Prompt US Concern Georgia Rail Station Protest Breaks Up
Upcoming German Election: Merkel Drops Freedom Talk for Security 29 Militants Killed in Afghanistan
Taliban Claim Pakistan Bomb Attack To 'Protect' an Ancient City Occupied by Uighers, China Moves to Raze It
Uighurs Sold Out in the US

May 27th, 2009

Obama Aide: Too Soon to Say if Afghan Plan Working Afghan Air Force Taking Off -- Again
In Venezuela, Hundreds March for Press Freedom Iraq Seeks Neighbours Help on Power and Water
Guatemalan Murder Mystery Threatens Government Study: Israeli Attack on Iran Unlikely to Work
South Korea Troops on High Alert Amid North Korea Threats '150-Day Battle': North Korea Succession Drama?
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